Overview

The game consists of five sub-games, four arcade and an arcade
adventure. The first four must be completed to get access to the
final part.

In the first part the player must make Augustus Gloop float into
a flask by adjusting the directions of a selection of tubes. The
second part requires the avoiding of blueberries thrown by Violet
Beauregarde. In the third game Veruca Salt has to dodge squirrels.
In the fourth game Mike Teevee has to avoid TV men while collecting
chocolate bars. The final part is a Jet Set Willy-style game where the player
must collect six golden keys.

Reception

Sinclair User
said that it "palls after a very short time. However, as the
package comprises five games and the book it must represent
reasonable value for money."[1]Your Spectrum said that "the package was
overpriced, with the best item being the book." and "Seeing as how
Roald Dahl is usually known for his horror stories, he'll probably
be very happy with the Spectrum version"[2]

Overview

The first objective of the game is to help Charlie find money to
buy a Wonka Bar to win a
Golden Ticket.
This is done at the beginning of the game while giving a tutorial of what controls
will be needed during future stages.

Each level is very similar to the plot in the 2005 movie. For
example, Charlie must help Willy Wonka remove the gluttonus Augustus Gloop
from the pipe above the chocolate river. He must roll the blueberryViolet
Beauregarde to the Juicing Room and juice her. When Veruca Salt is thrown
down the garbage chute, the player's objective is to fix the incinerator. Throughout the game the Oompa
Loompas must help Charlie return the chocolate factory back to
normal by fixing the mistakes that the self-indulgent children
made.

Although reviewers praised the game's enjoyable storyline, music and presentation, most
felt that the control of the characters on screen was awkward at
best and the game was too short. The video game site IGN gave the game an overall rating of 4.5 out of
10[11]
and GameSpot gave it the
"poor" rating of 4.0 out of 10.[8]PC Gamer rated the game a
22%. G4's X-Play gave it a 1 out of 5.
Nintendo Power also gave the console version a 2 out of 10 because
of clunky camera control and the reversal of roles. It is argued
that the places were supposed to be enjoyable and Willy Wonka and
the Oompa-Loompas mysterious in compliance with the book and
movies, while in the game the places were creepy and Willy Wonka
and the Oompa-Loompas annoyingly gleeful.

Soundtrack

The original musical soundtrack of the Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory video game was composed by Winifred
Phillips[24] In
his review of the game for IGN, Juan Castro called the music from
the game "a really good soundtrack" and elaborated later in the
article by writing, "Music sounds moody and atmospheric where it
should. Same goes for the oddball tunes within the factory."[25]